Attached shirt collar support



Dtc. 22, 1931. C. M MEAD 1,837,567

ATTACHED SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORT Filed Aug. 19, 1950 Charles Jl Mad MMA Patented Dec. 22, 1931 PATENT OFFICE f errantes n. MEAD, or Los ANGELESCALIFQRNIA ATTACHED SHIRT COLLAR SUPIEOBT application mea August 1s, leso.- sermim. 476,259. i

This invention relates to that class of devices set` forth in my application for Letters Patent of the United States, for collar suport for laundered shirts, filed in the United 5 tates Patent Oice May 23, 1930, SerialNo. 454,925, and in which I have shown a collar support adapted forfsupporting collars of ironed laundered shirts and consisting of two resilient straps and a bridge connecting such straps; the straps being adapted tobe bent onto the opposite sides of the collar band, and the bridge adapted to extend across the meeting ends of the collar band to hold the straps in place when one of the straps is in position l5 to support the attached ycollar of the shirt.

An object of this invention is to so vconstruct the device that itmay be more easily put in place.. and will` afford a support to which the fold of the collar will more smoothly conform. a

Another bj ect is compactness and stability of the appliance in its flat form. Y

I have discovered that byformingthe at device of a longer and a shorter "strapT notched' together, the ends of the shorter strap being let into the edge ofithe longer, strap, the flat device is firmer and less likely to injury in handling and that when the shorter collar supporting strap is inserted 30,s into the fold and the two straps are bent to conform'to the curvature of the neck collar band and' collar flap, the fold-supporting edge of the collar` fold supporting strap will support the bend of, such `fold more evenly lform shown inl my said other than with the application. v Y l A feature of the present invention comprises the provision of a head having a notched concave edge, the notchesbeing elon- 40 gatedandarcuately terminated so that 'the 'necks are easily bendable and the waste bits are readily displaced from the stamping.

Another ob ect isto provide an arr ement which,j1n the fiat formt will bfe o a neater and more attractive character than the former device.

An advantage of the new construction is that the stampings are more compact and the straps, during the flat form of the device, virtually support each other and the likelihood of the bridge being reduced.

An object is to provide a device ofthis character that is adapted for-ready stamping or' cutting from a sheet of roll pasteboard and in which the waste material will pass on without likelihood of clogging the stamping or cutting mechanism. l

Another object is to insure the easy and quick separation of the and waste bits from each othervand` rom the waste Strip.

' An advantage is that thesupports require l no manipulation for the purpose of producing the supports ready for use.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear fromzthe accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed descrip' tion and the appended claims. y The accompanying4 drawings illustrate the invention. e w

' Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a device embodying the invention and applied to use in a s oft laundered shirt, a portion. of which is shown, and parts of which are broken `to, expose parts ofthe collar fold support that would otherwise be hidden; the 'collar band strap being shown in dot-anddash lines after placing of the collar support and before final placement of said strap inside thecollar band.

'Fig. 2 is a face view of the blank devicev ready for laundry use.

' Fig'. 3 is a 'loweredge view ofthe stamping shown inFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line m4, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line x5, Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the ldevice in position for supporting a'collar on a shirt, and shown in section on line m6, Fig. l, looke0 ini` left and omitting the shirt andcollar* ig. 7 is a fragmental view of'a strip of stamped cardboard including the stampmgs and mostV of the waste as the same appear before the stampings are displaced after they 96 were severed lby the die, notv shown.

Arrows on the lines of section indicate the direction ofk sight. v

' The main collar bandstrap 1- is adapted as 'in the former construction, to lit inside 109 twisted outfof shape is 4the collarband 2; its lengthbeing equal to about one-half the inside circumference of.

such band. The supporting head 3.is arcuate and has rounded terminals 4 that are cut from the strap 1 and are normally engaged in notches 5 in the adjacent edge 6 of the strap to the middle of which thevmiddle of the arched head 3 is fixed by a link 7 adapted to be bent to form a bridge on the inside bend of the head, so that the appliance, when flat, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, consists of a compact unitary piece comprising the central link 7 and interlocking partsA, 5; and which link, when in collar supporting use, is bent as in Figs. l and 6.

The link 7 is adapted to be bentinto U form thus to invert the collar band strap relative to the head 3 and fold a of the collar, so that when the strap 1 and the head 3 are bent or bowed to one side, to conform to the collar, the recessed concave edge b of the head,land the notched edge 6 of the strap will be uppermost and adapted to curve around the front of the shirt collar 8, with the head'3 in the collarfold a, andthe strap 6, inside the band; and when so curved, the upper edges of the strap and head will be brought practically into a common plane, respectively inside, and to the rear, of the collar fold as indicated in Figs. 1 and 6, thus holding the neck band 2, and the collar turn or fold a in smooth form and upright position.

When the link 7 has been bent and the collar fold support head 3 is seated inside the collar fold, its upper edge b will be upwardly or rearwardly bowed so that whenthe parts are bent to4 conform to the collar band, the upwardly or rearwardly bent terminals of the fold supporting head will independently v support the collar fold on opposite sides of the buttoned lap 9 of the shirt.

In Fig. 7 there is shown a fragment 10 of a sheet of cardboard that has been drawn off -of a cardboardv roll, not shown, and has been l stamped or cut by a die or cutter, not shown,

in a machine, not shown, through which the sheet has been passed from a roll of cardboard.v Such fragment is shown with the lsupports remaining in the waste sheet from which the supports and bits c of waste are pushed out as the waste moves o n out of said machine. ,l

In practice the supports in fiat form will be assembledV in bunches and packed in boxes for delivery, and delivered to the laundry where the placing of the supports in the shirts will be effected in a manner substantially hereinbefore indicated.

The head 3 is provided with transverse creases'd corresponding to the creases shown in m said -endin application, thus allowin t e hea to be nt with the certainty it not crack as it is made to conform to the outer side of the collar band inside the collar f band of which the head is ben-t.

Such creasing is not found necessary for Y the collar band strap V1 which is not constricted to a confined arc and is not likely to be broken by such bending as is found desirable for its placement inside the collar band, with the adjacent edges of band ,and head at approximately the same level.

' I have found that by cuttingthe recesses b in the concave edge of the head and rounding them at their ends, the waste bits c will drop out as the support stampings are vremoved from the pasteboard strap, thus facilitating the completion ofthe support ready for packaging and use.

I have also provided the neck with a scoring f alined with the edge of the strap 1, .sov that the proper bending of the neck -is facilitated.

I claim A y 1. The shirt collar support blank comprising a collar band strap having notches in one edge; a collar fold supporting head having its ends seated in saidnotches; and a bridge connecting the head and strap, and bendable to remove the head from the notches and to bring the upper edges of the strap and head into a common plane.

2. 'lhe shirt collar support blank comprising a collar band strap havingQnotches-.in

one edge; a collar fold supportin head hav.-

seated therein being rounded so that when flat the head and band are united to form a compact unitary piece, and when the upper edges are brought to approximately the same level thehead edge will be adapted to smoothly fit the fold of a turn-down collar inside the 3. A shirt 'collar'suptport comprising a collar band strap notche at one ed e; a head having ends extending into notc es' in the collar band strap and a neck connecting the head to the strap; there being provided elongated-recesses on opposite sides of the neck, the ends of said recesses being arcuate;

4. A shirt collar support comprising a collar band strap notched at one edge; ahead .having its ends extended into the notches of the strap and a neck connecting the head to the strap; there beingrecessesin the head on Y opposite sides of the neck.

v 5. A shirt collar support comprisinga collar band strap notched at one edge; a head having its ends extended into the notches of the strap anda neck connecting the head to the stra there vbeing elongated recesses in the hea 'on' opposite sides of the neck; the ends of said recesses being arcuate.

Y day of August,

6.V A shirt collar support comprising a. strap; an arcuate head and a neck connecting the head to the strap there being in the head on opposite sides of the neckand I 6 there being a score across the neck in alinement with the ed e of the strap. l

In testimony w ereof, I have, hereunto set my hand at Losligeles, California, this 2nd CHARLES M. MEAD. 

